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Open in other editor

yekingyanyekingyan6k downloads

Open current active file in gVim or VS Code.

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Open the current active file in gVim, VScode, or nvim-qt.

How To Use

  1. Ensure that you can use the code, gvim, or nvim-qt commands in the terminal.
  2. Ctrl + p to open the command palette, then search for open in other

For macOS Users

  1. Put the absolute path to editor terminal command (code | gvim†) in Open in other editor settings tab. † Gvim functionality may be a work in progress. Functionality on non-darwin(mac) machines may also be a work in progress.

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Open the active note in gVim, VS Code, or nvim-qt directly from Obsidian. Invoke the Open in other command from the palette and ensure the editor's CLI command (code, gvim, nvim-qt) is available on your system.
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Current version
0.0.5
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
4 years ago
Updates
4 releases
Downloads
6k
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.3.5+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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yekingyanyekingyan
github.com/yekingyan/obsidian-open-in-other-editor
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